How to Design Comic Book Characters Course

Learn to design characters for your own comics, worlds and stories by a professional artist.

What you'll learn
- Theories for design, shape language and color.
- Tips for anatomy.
- The importance of story.
- Techniques for efficient, workflows and exercises to boost your skills.

Requirements
- Stylus and tablet of choice.
- Painting software of choice. I'll be using Clip Studio Paint for this class, however, most of the techniques shown are software agnostic.
- An idea for a character. Now's your chance to bring your own creation to life in a guided, step-by-step process.
- A baseline level of digital drawing is assumed at the door. Things like perspective, anatomy, and familiarity with your software of choice. Although I will offer tips for some of these, this is not strictly a beginner artist level course. However, if you are a beginner, there is plenty to learn and I encourage beginners regardless, since this is really about a methodology for bringing your creation to life.
- Creativity. Art should be fun. Worldbuilding and telling stories is why we do what we do. Be a curious, exploratory artist who never tires of the "What if?"s.

Description
In this course, I'll teach you my professional workflow for designing characters for your own comics, worlds and stories.

You'll learn foundational theories for art making; tips for how to create more appealing characters, and workflow techniques* I use in my professional work as an artist in the AAA video game industry.

What you'll learn:

Theories for design, shape language and color

Tips for anatomy and story

Techniques for efficient, workflows and exercises to boost your skills

What's included:

16+ videos with commentary (See videos slide)

Lesson specific assignments to practice as you learn

Final .CSP file, full-res image, and theory sheets

Be prepared with the following:

An idea for a character. Now's your chance to bring your own creation to life in a guided, step-by-step process

A baseline level of digital drawing is assumed at the door. Things like perspective, anatomy, and familiarity with your software of choice. Although I will offer tips for some of these, this is not strictly a beginner artist level course. However, if you are a beginner, there is plenty to learn and I encourage beginners regardless, since this is really about a methodology for bringing your creation to life

Creativity. Art should be fun. Worldbuilding and telling stories is why we do what we do. Be a curious, exploratory artist who never tires of the "What if?"s

Stylus and tablet of choice

Painting software of choice*

*Disclaimer: I'll be using Clip Studio Paint for this class, however, most of the techniques shown are software agnostic.

Who this course is for:
- Comic book creators.
- Beginner to intermediate artists.
- People who are curious to learn more about Character Design and visual Storytelling.
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